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		<title>Commerce Dept: There&#8217;s No Evidence at All Showing Microstamping is Reliable</title>
		<link>https://www.shootingnewsweekly.com/gun-control/commerce-dept-theres-no-evidence-at-all-showing-microstamping-is-reliable/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Larry Keane]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 11:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Gun Control]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NSSF]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Op-Ed]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[There’s significant evidence that the failure rates of microstamping are entirely too high to have any value to criminal investigators.
<p><a href="https://www.shootingnewsweekly.com/gun-control/commerce-dept-theres-no-evidence-at-all-showing-microstamping-is-reliable/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Gun Store Chronicles: Most Firearms Retailers Don&#8217;t Do What it Takes to Meet Their Customers&#8217; Needs</title>
		<link>https://www.shootingnewsweekly.com/business/gun-store-chronicles-most-firearms-retailers-dont-do-what-it-takes-to-meet-their-customers-needs/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kevin Creighton]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 11:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gun Nation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Op-Ed]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[firearms retailer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[retail gun store]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.shootingnewsweekly.com/?p=42260</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Pretty much every gun store out there thinks they’re in the business of selling guns. They’re not. 
<p><a href="https://www.shootingnewsweekly.com/business/gun-store-chronicles-most-firearms-retailers-dont-do-what-it-takes-to-meet-their-customers-needs/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Gun-Grabbers&#8217; Lament: Suppressors Selling At Record Pace as NFA Wait Times Plunge</title>
		<link>https://www.shootingnewsweekly.com/atf/gun-grabbers-lament-suppressors-selling-at-record-pace-as-nfa-wait-times-plunge/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jenn Jacques]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2026 18:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[ATF]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NFA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NSSF]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Op-Ed]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Silencers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ATF Deputy Director Robert Cekada]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ATF eForm 4 processing time]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ATF eForms]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ATF form processing time]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[silencer sales]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.shootingnewsweekly.com/?p=42403</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[More applications. Dramatically less waiting. That’s measurable progress for lawful firearm owners and the firearm industry.
<p><a href="https://www.shootingnewsweekly.com/atf/gun-grabbers-lament-suppressors-selling-at-record-pace-as-nfa-wait-times-plunge/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Q: How Do You Know Something Good Happened? A: Bloomberg&#8217;s Agitprop Outlets Scream Bloody Murder</title>
		<link>https://www.shootingnewsweekly.com/business/q-how-do-you-know-something-good-happened-a-bloombergs-agitprop-outlets-scream-bloody-murder/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Larry Keane]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 19:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NSSF]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Op-Ed]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Silencers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bloomberg anti-gun agitprop]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[silencer exports]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[suppressor exports]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Smoking Gun]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.shootingnewsweekly.com/?p=42284</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[It’s a pretty good tell that things are headed in the right direction when the gun control orgs are up in arms over the industry’s ability to compete in the international marketplace.
<p><a href="https://www.shootingnewsweekly.com/business/q-how-do-you-know-something-good-happened-a-bloombergs-agitprop-outlets-scream-bloody-murder/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Rare Breed Should Tell ATF It Won&#8217;t Be The Agency&#8217;s Tool for Gun Industry Regulation By Proxy</title>
		<link>https://www.shootingnewsweekly.com/gun-control/rare-breed-should-tell-atf-it-wont-be-its-tool-for-gun-industry-regulation-by-proxy/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris McNutt]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 11:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Gun Control]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Law and the Courts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Op-Ed]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ATF force reset triggers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ATF Rare Breed settlement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ATF regulation by proxy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[forced reset triggers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FRT triggers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rare Breed forced reset trigger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rare Breed settlement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rare Breed Triggers]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.shootingnewsweekly.com/?p=42269</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[The company that survived lawfare should be particularly careful about using the machinery of litigation in ways that look like lawfare against everyone else.
<p><a href="https://www.shootingnewsweekly.com/gun-control/rare-breed-should-tell-atf-it-wont-be-its-tool-for-gun-industry-regulation-by-proxy/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Dems Just Want to Yadda Yadda Past Their Insanely Anti-Gun, Pro-Criminal Records</title>
		<link>https://www.shootingnewsweekly.com/nssf/dems-just-want-to-yadda-yadda-their-way-past-their-insanely-anti-gun-pro-criminal-records/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Larry Keane]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 11:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[NSSF]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Op-Ed]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alexandria Ocasio Cortez]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AOC defund the police]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AOC DSA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AOC gun control]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democratic Socialists of America]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DSA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mamdani DSA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Woke 1.0]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Zohran Mamdami]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.shootingnewsweekly.com/?p=42081</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[The firearm industry can't afford more legislative and regulatory attacks from DC partisans like AOC who seek to end the lawful commerce in our industry.
<p><a href="https://www.shootingnewsweekly.com/nssf/dems-just-want-to-yadda-yadda-their-way-past-their-insanely-anti-gun-pro-criminal-records/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Kamala Harris Testing DSA-Friendly Far Left Agenda That Would Gut 2A Rights, Suffocate Gun Makers</title>
		<link>https://www.shootingnewsweekly.com/politics/harris-testing-dsa-friendly-far-left-agenda-that-would-gut-2a-rights-suffocate-gun-makers/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Matt Manda]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 11:05:02 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[NSSF]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Op-Ed]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kamala gun control]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kamala gun owner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kamala Harris]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.shootingnewsweekly.com/?p=42024</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[You don’t have to wonder how Harris would carry out her extreme anti-gun gun control agenda if elected. She told us exactly how she’ll do it.
<p><a href="https://www.shootingnewsweekly.com/politics/harris-testing-dsa-friendly-far-left-agenda-that-would-gut-2a-rights-suffocate-gun-makers/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Adding Still More .Gov Hurdles Translated (Again) Into Huge Gun Sales, This Time in Colorado</title>
		<link>https://www.shootingnewsweekly.com/business/adding-still-more-gov-hurdles-translated-again-into-huge-gun-sales-this-time-in-colorado/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jenn Jacques]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2026 14:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gun Control]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NSSF]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The lesson is hard to miss. Threaten Americans’ ability to exercise their gun rights and they rush to exercise them before the door closes.
<p><a href="https://www.shootingnewsweekly.com/business/adding-still-more-gov-hurdles-translated-again-into-huge-gun-sales-this-time-in-colorado/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson Puts Gun Control Politics Ahead of Cops&#8217; Safety</title>
		<link>https://www.shootingnewsweekly.com/gun-control/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-puts-gun-control-politics-ahead-of-cops-safety/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Larry Keane]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2026 11:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gun Control]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gun Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NSSF]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Op-Ed]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chicago gun control]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chicago violent crime]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.shootingnewsweekly.com/?p=41814</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Mayor Johnson is putting gun control politics where it doesn't belong...between cops and the equipment they rely upon to protect themselves and the public.
<p><a href="https://www.shootingnewsweekly.com/gun-control/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-puts-gun-control-politics-ahead-of-cops-safety/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Vote Accordingly: Open Borders Plus Gun Rights Restrictions is a Recipe for Chaos</title>
		<link>https://www.shootingnewsweekly.com/crime-and-punishment/vote-accordingly-open-borders-plus-gun-rights-restrictions-is-a-recipe-for-chaos/</link>
					<comments>https://www.shootingnewsweekly.com/crime-and-punishment/vote-accordingly-open-borders-plus-gun-rights-restrictions-is-a-recipe-for-chaos/#comments</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Larry Keane]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2026 11:10:13 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Crime and Punishment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NSSF]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Op-Ed]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Self-Defense]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ceuta illegal migrant invasion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ceuta Moroccan migrant invasion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ceuta Spain invasion]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The macro view of the unfolding situation in Ceuta offers similar dynamics to what has been experienced right here in America.
<p><a href="https://www.shootingnewsweekly.com/crime-and-punishment/vote-accordingly-open-borders-plus-gun-rights-restrictions-is-a-recipe-for-chaos/" rel="nofollow">Source</a></p>]]></description>
		
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